Just got done with my HIIT run, good lawd it’s a hot mofo out there today. Ran the stairs again but was careful not to over do it since it’s 100+ heat index today. I did get in 9 runs up the stairs in under 20 min but I’m sweating like a water buffalo, time for some water and protein.
Dinner last night was taco salad minus the carbs.
1/2lb 93/7 hamburger
2 cups lettuce
1 tbsp cheese
1 tbsp sour cream
3 tbsp sugar free salsa
training:
DL
255lb 3X8 305 1X8
leg extensions
140lbs 4X8
leg curls
70lbs 4X8
Single leg calf raise
me 4X15
Wasn’t feeling squats last night, holding the bar killed my shoulders and it felt like I was going to drop it so I did deadlift instead and I’m glad I did.
Form was spot on, so much so I decided on my 3rd set I’d go really heavy (for me) I banged out 305lbs for 8 like it was nothing but couldn’t manage another set with that weight? Pretty sure that was mental so I dropped back down to 255lbs and did that instead for my last set.
The rest of the workout was what it was. I really need to find another leg curl machine, mine just does nothing for me.
I tried lowering the weight and really going for controlled power but that didn’t get it done either. I’ve adjusted this thing 6 ways from sunday and just don’t like it. I also need to rig up some type of weighted calf raise.
Partner donkey calf raises.
Bend over a preacher curl setup, stand on a step up riser on the balls of ur feet with your heels hanging off… have a partner jump up on your back and do calf raises with them “riding” you.
Looks super gay. Works real well…
I did this at 3x3x20
3 sets heels straight | |
3 sets heels out / \
3 sets heels in \ /
Word to the wise, don’t try to drive stick after this… clutch manipulation is fucking painful. haha
BW: 227 this morning dude, but read my log for why.
Meals today
2 scoops Low-Carb Metabolic Drive
usual pills for breakfast
8am
1/4lb turkey burger
almonds
11:30a
6oz chicken breast
almonds
2:30p
1/4lb turkey burger
almonds
We decided to go to Walmart last night for groceries instead of the regular store, their produce sucks!!! I wasn’t able to get anything green to eat so now we have to go to the regular store some other night. I hate Wal-Mart!!!
Guess how much I weighed this morning? If you said exactly the same as I have for the last few weeks you’d be correct 221 again. Yippie FN skippy!
Now you guess mine 
[quote]Blazin wrote:
Now you guess mine ;P[/quote]
228? Hopefully not so I’ll say 226
Food for today.
5am
2 HRX
5:45am
2 LCMD
2 fish oil
1 multi
1 potassium
1 magnesium
8am
1/4 lb turkey burger
15 almonds
11am
2 HRX
11:30a
6oz chicken breast
15 almonds
6 med. brussel sprouts
Leaving at 2pm for a nice run of those damn stairs, it’s actually kind of fun when it’s not a million billion degrees outside.
BTW dinner last night I tried to make a carb free spaghetti, didn’t work out. I saw this on a cooking show and thought what the hell.
2 zucchini
1lb hamburger
sugar free marinara
Slice the zucchini into strips like noodles, steam them. Prep all other ingredients as you would normally, mix together. I ended up with mushy “noodles” that pretty much disappeared when I mixed everything.
Basically it made a turd but I won’t try it again.
Its fucking raining here… NEPA inside today…
I wonder why you’re stuck…
I was stuck between 238-243 for a month before I started the V-Diet.
Getting stuck sucks… maybe you adapt much faster than I do…
Time to change it up!!
[quote] wrote:
BTW dinner last night I tried to make a carb free spaghetti, didn’t work out. I saw this on a cooking show and thought what the hell.
2 zucchini
1lb hamburger
sugar free marinara
Slice the zucchini into strips like noodles, steam them. Prep all other ingredients as you would normally, mix together. I ended up with mushy “noodles” that pretty much disappeared when I mixed everything.
Basically it made a turd but I won’t try it again.
[/quote]
haha I made a turd before… but on purpose… I made Shit on a Shinglewithout the egg noodles…
basically looked like a big pile of shit.
tasted fine tho and def was a big protein/fat blob to fuel/fill me up
[quote]Blazin wrote:
Its fucking raining here… NEPA inside today…
I wonder why you’re stuck…
I was stuck between 238-243 for a month before I started the V-Diet.
Getting stuck sucks… maybe you adapt much faster than I do…
Time to change it up!![/quote]
I cannot figure it out either. I really do not want to drop more calories from my diet, I’m already around 1800-2000 per day, don’t want to further F up my metabolism. I drink tons of water a day, get off my ass for no less than 30min a day, work pretty hard in the gym and almost never cheat. The interesting thing is I’m losing inches still.
The lightest I’ve ever weighed as an adult was 205lbs in college so I know I can go lower obviously. Prior to this thread I was stuck at 233lbs for a long time then I lost 13lbs in short order so maybe I’m cycling?
[quote]Blazin wrote:
wrote:
BTW dinner last night I tried to make a carb free spaghetti, didn’t work out. I saw this on a cooking show and thought what the hell.
2 zucchini
1lb hamburger
sugar free marinara
Slice the zucchini into strips like noodles, steam them. Prep all other ingredients as you would normally, mix together. I ended up with mushy “noodles” that pretty much disappeared when I mixed everything.
Basically it made a turd but I won’t try it again.
haha I made a turd before… but on purpose… I made Shit on a Shinglewithout the egg noodles…
basically looked like a big pile of shit.
tasted fine tho and def was a big protein/fat blob to fuel/fill me up[/quote]
You never know until you try I suppose. Now I know and won’t try it again. Your shit on a shingle sounds pretty good, the idea anyway.
Last nights work out FAIL!
I straind a muscle in my back doing bench press, not sure what I was doing. It hurt like a bitch. I guess it was more a cramp than a strain but I stopped my bench after the 3rd set.
Chest warm up
Bar 1X30
135lbs 2X10
Flat Bench
175 3X8
Bent row
95 4X8
strap push up
me 4X8
lat pulls
120lbs 4X8
regular push up
2X10
I again tried a new bent row that actually worked better however I’m not feeling anything today. With the lighter weight I got a good squeeze at the top.
I talked about my ghetto olympic ring set up, this kicks ass! I love doing exercise on them. I still need to play around with them to figure out what all I can do.
Over all this workout was not effective, I just have a really hard time training my chest with a bar. I’m still figuring out what will work for me. It’s weird growing up I never had problems training my chest but as I get older it’s become a chore.
I’m having a rough mental day today, that sesson left me a bit disheartened and confused.
Diet normal
5am
2 HRX
5:30am
2 scoops LCMD
usual pills
8a
1/4lb turkey burger
15 almonds
11am
2HRX
11:30a
6oz chicken boob
15 almonds
2p
30min walk
2:45p
6oz chicken boob
15 almonds
tonight 9 holes of golf
Dinner:
Sooner or later.
I’m slacking today as there really isn’t anything to report. Still plugging alond to get an idea of todays diet view yesterdays, it’s pretty much the same.
219 today, didn’t make my 218 prediction but its in the teens!!!
Today I worked out with my friend and her daughter at the Y, that’s a curl monkey 1/4 bench press gym, awesome!! Guys in golf shorts curling and doing sit ups every where. It was shoulders for me.
Military press
95 4X8
Upright rows
55 4X8
Shrugs
205 4X8
lateral raise
10lb band for time 30secX2
These were interesting, I’d never tried them before, good workout for sure. I did as many raises as I could for 30 seconds and it killed my shoulders.
All is good otherwise.
Todays food log:
5am
2 HRX- Big Shocker
5:45am
2 LCMD and supps
8:00am
6oz chicken
15 almonds
11am
2 HRX
11:30a
6oz chicken
15 almonds
cup broccoli
2 double fish oil
thats it so far.
This afternoon I’m enrolling in pinnacle career institute to get my personal trainer cert NSCA. I started studying for the ACSM and found either I’m dumb or the books were not very well written because some of the stuff I just wasn’t getting so I’m going to get the education. I’ve wanted to go back to school for the longest time and didn’t know what I wanted to do until now. I’ve loved the iron since I was a kid but until finding T-Nation only had magazines to learn from, now I’m totally emersed in the game, can’t get enough, total OCD! Wish me luck, all I know is I freaking HATE my career/job and cannot wait to get out of here and into something worth doing.
Didn’t lift last night, spent to long enrolling in school and since I’m going to be away from the gym the rest of the week whats it matter.
Dinner last night was an experiment. I’d bought some prepackaged fish awhile back so I grilled a couple small fillets on the Foreman added a side of broccoli and found this old bottle of raspberry chipotle sauce in the fridge and dripped that on the fish, I gotta say it didn’t suck.